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mouseholevsOpenSearch

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

mouseholeOpenSearch
Score44/10076/100
Rank in category#64 of 86 in File Sharing#7 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars31813 927
Stars, last 30 days+0+152
Stable releases, 12 months411
Latest releasev0.5.0 · 20 Jun 20262.19.7 · 17 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
License—Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

OpenSearch scores 76/100 against 44/100 for mousehole, so it is the safer default.

OpenSearch ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for mousehole.

OpenSearch is growing faster right now (+152 stars in 30 days).

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